Combination Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger Sample Contracts

EXHIBIT 99.4 ------------ FIRST AMENDMENT DATED AS OF MAY 7, 2007

Combination Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 9th, 2007 • Abitibi Consolidated Inc • Paper mills • New York

• Contract Type
  Combination Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  May 9th, 2007
• Company
  Abitibi Consolidated Inc
• Industry
  Paper mills
• Jurisdiction
  New York

FIRST AMENDMENT Dated as of May 7, 2007 To the COMBINATION AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of January 29, 2007 Among ABITIBIBOWATER INC. (FORMERLY ALPHA-BRAVO HOLDINGS INC.), ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC., BOWATER INCORPORATED,...

Combination Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger • May 10th, 2007 • Bowater Inc • Paper mills • New York

• Contract Type
  Combination Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  May 10th, 2007
• Company
  Bowater Inc
• Industry
  Paper mills
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE COMBINATION AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is dated as of May 7, 2007 (this “Amendment”) and is made among ABITIBIBOWATER INC. (formerly Alpha-Bravo Holdings Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC., a corporation amalgamated under the laws of Canada (“ACI”), BOWATER INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (“Bowater”), ALPHA-BRAVO MERGER SUB INC., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and BOWATER CANADA INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada (“ExchangeCo”).